Wayne Horsburgh

Wayne Horsburgh (born 11 June 1955, in Benalla, Victoria) is an Australian country music singer. He currently lives near Sydney, Australia, and Branson, Missouri, United States.

Biography Horsburgh's was born in Benalla, Victoria in 1955, being influenced by performers such as Slim Whitman, Frank Ifield, Jim Reeves and Marty Robbins, he also decided on a career in entertainment.

He started a career of his own at the age of 11 when he formed his own dance band in rural Victoria. In 1978, he was asked by Buddy Williams (an Australian pioneer of country music) to tour Australia. By 1979, Horsburgh had moved to Sydney to pursue his musical career.

Horsburgh is noted by fans and critics alike for his smooth voice, excellent falsetto notes, impressive vocal range, yodelling abilities, and his willingness to popularize and maintain a broad range of traditional country music art forms.

Setting his sights even higher, Horsburgh performed for a season in the United Kingdom in 1982 and investigated the US music and entertainment scene in 1984.

In 1989, Horsburgh was introduced to United States' country music audiences when he performed at the Hodag Festival in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. A groundswell of audience appreciation and the establishment of a US-based fan club were among the reasons Horsburgh based himself in Nashville by the mid-'90s for each American summer season.

The year 1997 saw yet another move for Horsburgh - this time a relocation to the live entertainment capital of the USA: Branson, Missouri. In addition to a full tour schedule - predominantly in the Midwest- Horsburgh has represented his home nation at the international music and cultural festival - Silver Dollar City's WorldFest - each spring since 1998.

He continues to entertain on the Australian club circuit during the summer months of the southern hemisphere.

In 2013 Horsburgh was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.

Discography Albums Title Details Yodelling By Request Released: 1983 Label: Sequins & Satins & Buckles & Britches (with Deniese Morrison) Released: 1984 Label: I Run Alone (with Desrëe-Ilona Crawford) Released: 1984 Label: G.O.F.A.A. Records Australia (HMD 009R) Yodelling for You Released: 1985 Label: Country City Music (CCE 002) Now & Then...And Again Released: 1986 Label: Country City Music (CCE 003) Where in the World Released: 1989 Label: Country City Music (CCE 008) I've Always Wanted to Be a Singing Cowboy Released: 1991 Label: Rich River Records (WHR 1991) In Every Stone There's a Diamond Released: 1992 The Nashville Sessions Released: 1996 Favourites Released: 1996 The Old Country Church Released: 1999 Label: Favourites Two Released: 2001 Land of Enchantment Released: March 2002 Memories & Guitar Strings Released: September 2002 An Aussie Ozark Christmas with Wayne Released: 2003 A Salute to Slim Whitman Released: February 2005 Can You Hear Those Pioneers? Released: April 2005 Label: Jasmine Records (JASMCD 3572) Songs of the Islands Volume One Released: 2005 Label: Jasmine Records (JASCD 425) I Still Call Australia Home Released: 2007 Label: ISCAH-RR-2007 Born Free Released: 2008 Label: RR-2008-BF A Salute to Marty Robbins Released: 2010 Label: RR-Marty-2010 Yodels and Love Songs Released: 2012 Label: RR-Yodels-2012 Roll of Renown Released: 2013 Label: ROR-2013 40 Cowboy Songs (with Howie Brothers) Released: 2013 Label: GL-035 22 Gospel Greats Released: 2013 Label: ROR-2013 Songs of the Islands -Volume 2 Released: 2014 Label: RR-SOTI-2014 Celebrating 40 Years Released: 2016 22 Yodel Greats Released: 2017 Label: RR-22YG-2017 Country Songs & Western Swing Released: 2017 Label: RR-C&W-2017 Reminiscing Released: 2019 Label: RR-Rem-2019

Other singles + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions AUS "The Garden"(as Australia Too) 1985 22

Awards and honours Australian Roll of Renown The Australian Roll of Renown honours Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to Country Music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth in January. 2013 Wayne Horsburgh Australian Roll of Renown Mo Awards The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Wayne Horsburgh won eight awards in that time. (wins only) 1984 Wayne Horsburgh Male Country Entertainer of the Year 1989 Wayne Horsburgh Country Entertainer of the Yea 1990 Wayne Horsburgh Male Country Entertainer of the Yea 1995 Wayne Horsburgh Male Country Entertainer of the Yea 2007 Wayne Horsburgh Slim Dusty Country Vocal Performer of the Year 2012 Wayne Horsburgh Slim Dusty Country Act of the Year

Wayne Horsburgh Country Solo/ Group or Band of the Year Wayne Horsburgh Entertainer of the Year